Villanova student arrested for taping girls getting dressed

By Richard Ilgenfritz

Thursday, February 21, 2013

RADNOR - A 20-year-old Villanova student is facing charges after police say he secretly videotaped three women while they were dressing. One of the women was 17 years old at the time, leading police to add a dissemination of child pornography charge in the case.

Tyler Jones, 20, waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday in connection with the charges. Jones has been charged with invasion of privacy, design of obscene materials, criminal use of a communication facility along with the dissemination charge.

According to police, Jones used his iPhone to secretly tape the women while they were visiting Switzerland. Once back at Villanova, police say he uploaded the videos to pornographic websites from his campus dorm room. One woman learned that she had been taped after she had been told by another person that a video of her getting dressed was online.

Police began investigating the incident in December when officers in Radnor were contacted by the woman. She told police that she had been taped last summer while visiting a friend in Switzerland. Jones was a relative of her friend and he admitted to her and apologized for his actions, in an email to the woman.

Police say Jones has admitted to authorities that he used his iPhone to tape the three women.

Following his arrest, Jones was released on 10 percent of $7,500 bail. His next court date is in March in Media.